any substance not consumed as a food ingredient by itself, intentionally used in the processing of raw materials, foods or their ingredients, to fulfil a certain technological purpose during treatment or processing and which may result in the unintentional but technically unavoidable presence of residues of the substance or its derivatives in the final product, provided that these residues do not present any health risk and do not have any technological effect on the finished product, toidu käitlemisel kasutatav aine, mis eemaldatakse toidust, kuid mille jäägid või derivaadid võivad tehnoloogilise paratamatuse tõttu toidus säilida